• Scots will seal quarter-final spot if they beat Samoa on Saturday
• Finn Russell,Ross Ford and Matt Scott face fitness testsThere is nothing like the smell of Schadenfreude in the morning. As Scottish and South African fans mingled at Newcastle station to disappear their separate ways on Sunday after a game at St James’ Park the previous afternoon every bit as combative as those between local football writers and Mike Ashley, they were joined at the hip flask by a common sentiment: revelling in England’s desolation.“Ah, or I enjoyed that immensely,” said a Scot, oblivious ((adj.) lacking consciousness or awareness of something) to his own team’s defeat but fortunately aware that, or if their opponents,Samoa, behave next Saturday as they did when crumbling in front of Japan on Saturday, or they are in the quarter-finals.
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Source: theguardian.com